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BusinessWeek
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Lawsuits pitting the online classified and e-commerce giants should make prospective partners think hard before seating a rival on the board
Frenemies be afraid. Alliances with would-be competitors can be perilous. Nowhere in techdom is that clearer th..
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MSNBC
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The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers.
Agency officials did not identify the companies under investigation but s..
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MSNBC
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The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators issued special guidance Tuesday urging loan service companies to work with borrowers in danger of defaulting on their home mortgages.
The new guidelines are not mandatory, but the regulators expressed th..
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Yahoo News
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Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies.
Democrats came three votes short of overcoming a threatened GOP filibuster that wa..
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CNN
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Nasdaq Stock Market has agreed to buy Nordic bourse owner OMX for $3.7 billion, the two companies announced on Friday, as Nasdaq sets its sights on expanding beyond the U.S. market and adds to a wave of stock market consolidation.
Nasdaq has been under..
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BBC News
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A diplomatic row is brewing between the US and India over how companies issue temporary working visas to staff.
US officials have written to nine Indian firms based in the US, asking them to account for their workforce, and explain how the visas were g..
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Denver Post
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New York - U.S. stocks rallied to extend the best April advance in four years, lifted by earnings that topped estimates from some of the biggest industrial and technology companies.
Caterpillar Inc., Honeywell International Inc. and American Express Co..
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BusinessWeek
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The announced merger of the two radio companies was greeted with optimism, but analysts caution that hurdles will hamper profitability
The initial response to the planned $13 billion merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings was..
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Los Angeles Times
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When an angry Enrico Mattei coined the phrase the "Seven Sisters" to describe the Anglo-Saxon companies that controlled the Middle East's oil after World War II, the founder of Italy's modern energy industry could not have imagined the profound shift in p..
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Financial Times
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Google is engaged in a frantic round of negotiations aimed at persuading traditional media companies to supply their content to YouTube, the video website it bought last month for $1.65bn, and ward off a potentially crippling round of lawsuits...
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BusinessWeek
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In their quest to develop new drugs, Western pharmaceutical companies are increasingly teaming up with companies in China and India
In the late 1990s, scores of U.S. multinationals were catching on to the cost-cutting benefits of sending work to Asia...
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BusinessWeek
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Shares of smaller companies are sometimes volatile and risky, but they can provide great opportunities. Here's how to find them
Small-cap stocks can swing wildly from one day to the next. A small company's growth plan can be derailed by a bad CEO, a re..
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BusinessWeek
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Angry consumers are filing lawsuits against wireless companies, reflecting a wave of discontent with new, mostly Web-focused, services
Consumer grievances against wireless companies are taking on a new dimension. For more than a decade, mobile-phone cu..
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BusinessWeek
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Pet food bags are getting smaller and prices are up as companies try to maintain profits in the face of soaring commodity prices
Pet owners, get ready for sticker shock. Retailers and manufacturers are hiking pet food prices, and the cost of kibble is..
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BusinessWeek
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How do you spot companies that could potentially rise 100% in price? BusinessWeek asked experts for some advice and their favorite stock picks
It's an investor's dream: A stock with the potential to double in price.
Finding these stock market gems b..
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BusinessWeek
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Top European power companies such as National Grid are expanding across the Atlantic, attracted by good earnings and regulatory stability
Residents of New York, Maine, and Houston have something in common they may not realize: When they pay their elect..
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BusinessWeek
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Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers, and recruiting
It's not always easy to get new employees to mix well with co-workers—especially when they're scattered across the globe..
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CNN
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An anti-corruption group has rated more than 40 energy companies on the transparency of their dealings, handing a low grade to ExxonMobil but praising Shell and Petrobras. The Transparency International report published Monday places 42 oil and gas compan..
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BusinessWeek
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Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad
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Suddenly, innovation has a bull's-eye on its back. As the recession debate shifts from "w..
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BusinessWeek
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S&P tracks down the blue chip names with the biggest cash stockpiles—and the top ratings from its equity analysts
Even amid financial-market turmoil and a slowing economy, the amount of cash and similar investments on the balance sheets of major U.S...
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